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The regiment was renamed to the Royal Norfolk Regiment on 3 June 1935 to celebrate 250 years since the regiment was first raised and also to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. In 1940, the first decorations for gallantry awarded to the British Expeditionary Force in France were gained by men of the 2nd Battalion.
3rd (1st Norfolk Militia) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 4th (2nd Norfolk Militia) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 10th (Reserve) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 25th Training Reserve Battalion; 61st Provisional Battalion (Territorial Force)
Includes soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Norfolk Regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1685, known as the 9th Regiment of Foot until 1881 and merged into the 1st East Anglian Regiment (later the Royal Anglian Regiment) in 1959.
As a result of the Defence Review, the 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment and the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment amalgamated on 29 August 1959 to form the 1st Battalion, 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk). [1] On formation the regiment was based in West Berlin (the location of the 1st Royal Norfolks). [2]
Zachary Bayly (military officer) Andrew Becher; Frank Beck (British Army officer) Peter Beck (schoolmaster) Marcus Beresford (British Army officer, born 1764) Horatio Berney-Ficklin; Robert Brownrigg; Ivor Bulmer-Thomas; Frank Bury
The East Norfolk Militia was an auxiliary military unit in the English county of Norfolk in East Anglia. First organised during the Seven Years' War it carried out internal security and home defence duties in all of Britain's major wars. It later became a battalion of the Norfolk Regiment, but was disbanded in 1908.
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